Linkfest: Sunday Updates
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Time to clean out the aggregator.
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ITEM: An Alabama merchant is petitioning the Supreme Court to hear an appeal of that state's ban on selling sex toys. The petition will surely be denied. Recall that Alabama residents are permitted to possess such devices, just not to buy or sell them. Given that the Court explicitly ruled (rightly or wrongly) in Carhart II, which upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, that "morality" is, somehow, sufficient grounds to regulate commerce, it follows that there is rational basis for the Court to hear the sex toy case, which lower courts have held was, somehow, also a proper exercise of Alabama's ability to regulate "morality." Most recent post here (scroll down a bit).
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ITEM: Montgomery County, Maryland, has become the first county to ban trans fat, buying into the tripartite lie that such fats are dangerous in any amount, that "perfect" substitutes are available and that controlling the health choices of competent consenting adults is a legitimate function of government. Previous posts here.
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ITEM: eHarmony.com, the heterosexual-only online dating service founded by a radical Evangelical, is upset that another online dating service is noting eHarmony's straights-only policy in its advertising. The "Christians" running the no-gays site are pressuring television networks not to accept the ad -- which, recall, is entirely accurate. (Via PHB.)
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ITEM: Speaking of anti-gay bigots, the leading representative of radical Evangelicals, James Dobson, has indicated that he will not support Rudy Giuliani under any circumstances. Some of us predicted as much from the very beginning.
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ITEM: Another week, another multimillion judgment against the Roman Catholic Church for another boy-rape scandal. Previous post here.
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ITEM: The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee predicts that Congress will table any and all efforts to address the Social Security and Medicare crises until after the 2008 presidential election. Key passage: "Conrad noted the 2008 presidential campaigns, both Democratic and Republican, were under way early, which could make it difficult to tackle such controversial reforms." So elections should only be about "non-controversial" topics, like $400 haircuts and middle names and who looks better in drag? Pathetic.
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ITEM: An Alabama merchant is petitioning the Supreme Court to hear an appeal of that state's ban on selling sex toys. The petition will surely be denied. Recall that Alabama residents are permitted to possess such devices, just not to buy or sell them. Given that the Court explicitly ruled (rightly or wrongly) in Carhart II, which upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, that "morality" is, somehow, sufficient grounds to regulate commerce, it follows that there is rational basis for the Court to hear the sex toy case, which lower courts have held was, somehow, also a proper exercise of Alabama's ability to regulate "morality." Most recent post here (scroll down a bit).
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ITEM: Montgomery County, Maryland, has become the first county to ban trans fat, buying into the tripartite lie that such fats are dangerous in any amount, that "perfect" substitutes are available and that controlling the health choices of competent consenting adults is a legitimate function of government. Previous posts here.
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ITEM: eHarmony.com, the heterosexual-only online dating service founded by a radical Evangelical, is upset that another online dating service is noting eHarmony's straights-only policy in its advertising. The "Christians" running the no-gays site are pressuring television networks not to accept the ad -- which, recall, is entirely accurate. (Via PHB.)
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ITEM: Speaking of anti-gay bigots, the leading representative of radical Evangelicals, James Dobson, has indicated that he will not support Rudy Giuliani under any circumstances. Some of us predicted as much from the very beginning.
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ITEM: Another week, another multimillion judgment against the Roman Catholic Church for another boy-rape scandal. Previous post here.
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ITEM: The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee predicts that Congress will table any and all efforts to address the Social Security and Medicare crises until after the 2008 presidential election. Key passage: "Conrad noted the 2008 presidential campaigns, both Democratic and Republican, were under way early, which could make it difficult to tackle such controversial reforms." So elections should only be about "non-controversial" topics, like $400 haircuts and middle names and who looks better in drag? Pathetic.
Posted by Kip on
20 May 2007
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